Mr. Speaker, these businesses did not create jobs at all. They actually lost jobs.
Yesterday the minister admitted that another company, Placeteco, also received grants of $1.2 million and is now employing 47 people, another net loss of 123 jobs. If the Prime Minister keeps on helping his cronies, soon no one will be working in Shawinigan, not even the Prime Minister.
Why would the Prime Minister support businesses that were clearly not viable? Was it because they were his political friends?